Dosage compensation and meiotic sex chromosome inactivation are maintained in the absence of selection
Darren James Parker, Zoé Dumas, Rocío Gómez, Jean‐Marc Aury, Marjorie Labédan, Patrick Tran Van, Benjamin Istace, Corinne Cruaud, Karine Labadie, Benjamin Noël, Susana Freitas, Jelisaveta Djordjevic, Tanja Schwander
The paper investigates whether dosage compensation and meiotic sex chromosome inactivation persist in parthenogenetic stick insects with relaxed selection, finding both mechanisms are conserved despite the absence of male selection.
bioRxiv · Jul 27, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology